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Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, is seen ahead of a meeting with Sen. Tommy Tuberville in Washington on Dec. 2, 2024.
GZERO North

Trump may swap Hegseth for DeSantis to helm DoD

Shortly after Trump lost Matt Gaetz, his pick for attorney general, reports suggest that the president-elect may soon send Pete Hegseth, nominated as defense secretary, packing.

February 17, 2024: OpenAI Sora logo on a smartphone display
GZERO AI

We’re Sora-ing, flying

OpenAI, the buzzy startup behind the ChatGPT chatbot, has begun previewing its next tool: Sora.

US election: The GOP falls in line behind Trump
Quick Take

US election: The GOP falls in line behind Trump

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Recent happenings have put the former US president firmly in the driving seat as the Republicans' leading presidential candidate.

The identity politics trap
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The identity politics trap

Despite good intentions from the left, does focusing on identity politics hurt our society more than it helps? On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, political scientist and author Yascha Mounk weighs in on identity, politics, and how those two combine to create the complicated, contentious idea of “identity politics.”

Ian Explains: Will voters care about "anti-woke" politics in 2024?
Ian Explains

Ian Explains: Will voters care about "anti-woke" politics in 2024?

Anti-woke candidates haven’t performed well in the GOP primary, but anti-woke politics are still at the heart of the Republican Party.

Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a campaign event, in Clinton, Iowa, U.S., January 6, 2024.
What We're Watching

Trump to skip debate and star in town hall

Wednesday night is the final GOP debate before primary voting kicks off in Iowa on Friday. The pressure is on for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who are hoping to put a dent in Trump’s resounding lead.

GZERO 2023 game changers that weren't: Nigerian youth voters, Ron DeSantis, Yevgeny Prigozhin, The Earthquake in Turkey
Analysis

2023 game changers that weren’t

What we thought would stir up the political landscape in 2023… but didn’t.

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Politics

DeSantis in a storm

Hurricane Idalia is set to make landfall on Wednesday in the US state of Florida. The storm will be the first of many this hurricane season, but it blows in at a sensitive political moment for state Gov. Ron DeSantis. The woke-bashing Republican is currently a distant second to Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, but he’s also fending off an increasingly stiff challenge from the youthful upstart conservative tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. (Poll numbers here.)

No-show Trump wins first GOP debate
US Politics In 60 Seconds

No-show Trump wins first GOP debate

Who were the big winners and the big losers from this week's Republican debate? Jon Lieber, head of Eurasia Group's coverage of political and policy developments in Washington, DC shares his perspective on US politics.

A reporter watches former President Donald Trump's online interview during the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign.
US Election

Did Trump win the GOP debate?

Eight Republican presidential candidates faced off in Milwaukee on Wednesday night in the first debate (or screaming match) of the primary season. But the person who came out on top was the man who didn't even bother to show up: Donald Trump.